It was a very good year. TITLE TOWN is back on January 11th!

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TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party
SATURDAY, January 11th
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9pm – 2am; 21+; $6

* DOORS OPEN EARLY AT 9 P.M. EARLY ARRIVAL IS RECOMMENDED.

“Voted one of Pittsburgh’s best dance parties of 2013 by Pittsburgh City Paper readers!”

Yes, folks, the holiday season is behind us and the Steel City’s wildest soul dance party returns to the Brillobox on Saturday, January 11th to kick off 2014.

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party never fails to start the new year with a BANG – stiff drinks, stacks of wax and only the best grooves from the obscure to the vaults of Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Chess and more. The recipe is simple: Two turntables, all vinyl.

It’s a format that we’ve been dedicated to since 2009: Northern and ‘60s soul, deep funk, vintage R&B and everything in between…from mod jazz to disco to Latin boogaloo.

It’s sweaty, loud and just what you need. Get on the dance floor.

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party live mixes: http://www.mixcloud.com/titletownpgh/

Brillobox: http://www.brillobox.net/

Brillobox is located at 4104 Penn Avenue and TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party is a 21+ event. Doors open promptly at 9p.m. Admission is $6 at the door. Early arrival is strongly encouraged.

Winter is here, let’s warm things up.

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Title Town Soul & Funk Party - December 14, 2013

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party – Holiday Edition
Saturday, December 14th
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9pm – 2am; $6; 21+
RSVP here 

* DOORS OPEN EARLY AT 9 P.M. EARLY ARRIVAL IS RECOMMENDED. *

“Voted one of Pittsburgh’s best dance parties of 2013 by Pittsburgh City Paper readers!”

It feels like winter, so we’re gonna warm it up. TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party returns to the Brillobox on Saturday, December 14th.

Riding high into our fourth year, we’re looking to up the game even further for our last party of 2013. The records are primed and ready – the funky, sultry, SOULFUL sounds of TITLE TOWN have been keeping the dance floor jampacked ‘til the very end.

Let’s shake off the winter chill with five hours of the good stuff – rare Northern and ‘60s soul, deep funk, wild rhythm & blues and a few not-so-silent holiday chestnuts to help you get your jollies on.

We’ve got full control of the one’s and two’s this month, so expect heaps of never before played tunes, a smattering of TITLE TOWN “classics” and of course Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Otis Redding spreadin’ that funky, holiday cheer – all at 45 r.pm.!

The Brillobox helps you out with the boozy comforts while you boogie, bop and boogaloo ‘til you’re on your merry way.

Thanks to all the wonderful people who make TITLE TOWN something we to look forward to every month.

“It was a very good year!”

TITLE TOWN returns on November 9th with Washington D.C.’s DJ Nitekrawler!

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TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party
w/ guest DJ NITEKRAWLER (Moneytown, D.C. Soul Recordings)
Saturday, November 9th
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9pm – 2am; $6; 21+

RSVP on Facebook for prizes and updates!

DOORS OPEN EARLY AT 9 P.M. EARLY ARRIVAL IS RECOMMENDED.

“Voted one of Pittsburgh’s best dance parties of 2013 by Pittsburgh City Paper readers!”

We’re still reelin’ from having wrapped four successful years of TITLE TOWN, but Pittsburgh’s dance-centric soul party is turnin’ things up on November 9th with a special guest appearance from Washington D.C.’s DJ NITEKRAWLER – DJ, collector and driving force behind D.C. Soul Recordings and MONEYTOWN.

As any music fan knows, a steady diet of familiar, yet fresh sounds is the perfect recipe for a good dance party, so expect everything from obscure ‘60s & ‘70s soul, deep and classic funk, vintage rhythm & blues, Latin boogaloo, uptempo disco and anything (and everything) else that makes your Saturday night move – all at 45 revolutions per minute.

ABOUT DJ NITEKRAWLER

We gotta say, not many DJs in the game can throw down an all-45 set of downright obscure and forgotten 45s while maintaining a high level of feel-good party rocking craftsmanship. Kevin Coombe a.k.a DJ Nitekrawler has been honing his skills at H Street’s Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar for years. His MONEYTOWN party continues to be D.C.’s best outlet for a dance-friendly mix of funk, soul, boogaloo, breakbeats, Latin, and more.

The Washington Post writes, “DJ Nitekrawler has getting crowds to dance down to a science: wickedly funky drums. Deep, rubbery bass. Punching horns. Shaking tambourine. The unmistakable chicka-chicka shuffle of wah-wah guitar.” He’s not only a schooled DJ dropping mean grooves, but a catalyst behind the cataloging of records by legends and lesser-known artists of the Washington D.C. & Maryland funk, soul, & R&B era of the ’60s to the early ’90s (including all related sub-genres and descendants such as Go-Go and Disco). In 2010, DJ Nitekrawler was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and is working on a book that delves deeper into the D.C. and Maryland music.

Don’t miss the one-two punch of DJ Nitekrawler and TITLE TOWN’s resident DJ Gordy G.

Discovering Old D.C. Soul (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043001465.html

Funk On A 45: D.C. Soul Music Rediscovered (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122080915

DJ Nitekrawler Promo Mixes
https://soundcloud.com/nitekrawler45

Brillobox is located at 4104 Penn Avenue and TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party is a 21+ event. Doors open promptly at 9 p.m. Admission is $6 at the door. Early arrival is strongly encouraged.

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with New York City’s MR. FINE WINE

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TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party
4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY w/ guest DJ MR. FINE WINE (WFMU’s Downtown Soulville)
Saturday, October 12th
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9pm – 2am; $6; 21+
RSVP HERE 

On Saturday, October 12th, TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party will celebrate its four-year anniversary at the Brillobox. The party, founded by host DJs J.Malls and Gordy G., will continue its tradition of bringing some of the top DJs of the day to the Burgh with a special guest appearance from New York City’s MR. FINE WINE – DJ and radio host of WFMU’s Downtown Soulville.

In addition to Mr Fine Wine, New York City’s DJ ONE MINT JULEP will be in the house spinning her brand of wild R&B and soul.

ABOUT MR. FINE WINE

Mr. Fine Wine grew up in Detroit in the 1960s and ’70s, surrounded by music and by music-industry people. His schoolmates included the offspring of Motown stars like Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin; his uncle (believe it or not!) taught John Lee Hooker how to play guitar chords and owned a local label that put out jazz and soul records. An avid collector of soul 45s for more than 25 years now, Fine Wine took up DJ’ing soon after he relocated to New York City. His radio show, “Downtown Soulville” (www.wfmu.org/playlists/sv), has been converting casual listeners around the globe into soul freaks since 1994. TimeOut London magazine called it one of the best independent music podcasts in the world, and the Village Voice named it New York’s best radio show in 2011. In addition to presiding over many local dance parties through the years (including the Empire State Soul Club, Bumpshop, Horse River Social, and Thee Knights of the Round Tables), he has held down a weekly residency at Manhattan dive bar Botanica since 1996—perhaps the longest-running weekly soul-45 listening party anywhere, and one that has attracted visiting luminaries such as Keb Darge, Yo La Tengo, Cut Chemist, the Dap Kings, and the Dirtbombs. Fine Wine has spun his across-the-board mix of vintage R&B, soul, blues, and funk in Spain, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Finland, England, Canada, Norway, and Germany, and he has backed the likes of Sharon Jones, the Mighty Hannibal, the Gories, Brian Auger, Dee Dee Ramone, DJ Shadow, the Detroit Cobras, Cody Black, Rudy Ray Moore, and Nathaniel Mayer. He has also compiled and written liner notes for the collections “Vital Organs” (Grooovysounds Unltd.), “Crash of Thunder,” “Teach Me to Monkey,” “Scratch That Itch,” and “Just a Little Bit of the Jumpin’ Bean” (Vampisoul); he has two more Vampisoul compilations due out in 2014. Fine Wine and his friend the soul legend the Mighty Hannibal are the subjects of a feature-length documentary film, currently in production, called “Showtime.”

Downtown Soulville archives page: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/sv

Above photo credit: Eilon Paz, Dust & Grooves

Oh Baby, Don’t You Weep: TITLE TOWN returns with guest DJ JUDDY!

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TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party
w/ guest DJ JUDDY (Pittsburgh, UK)
SATURDAY, September 7th
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9pm – 2am; $5

Oh Baby, Don’t You Weep because the Dream Team is BACK, September 7th at BRILLOBOX!

Attention: Pittsburgh – put on your red dress and your hi-heel sneakers because the dream team is back: The one-two punch that made you shake your head and get outta bed; the serious heavyweights, the greats of the stay-up-lates; the purveyors of Maximum R’n’B, spinners of platters what matters from time immemorial – back together again, Mssrs. GORDY G and JUDDY bringin’ down the TITLE TOWN!

While Gordy’s name is the one that makes all fliers get higher, you gotta ask your mama and your papa if you wanna know about Gentleman Juddy: Once sire of Pittsburgh’s soul shakin’ scene, since the dawn of the 21st Century, Juddy’s made a mess with a stack of rare-n-scratchy NORTHERN SOUL, NEW ORLEANS VIPERS, ’50s R&B & BLUES and ’60s BOOGALOOS as co-founder of influential nights like Soulcialism and Vipers Soul Club. And now he’s back from for ONE NIGHT ONLY all the way from London, England, to spill your drink and make ya think!

TITLE TOWN. It’s a hedonistic throwback to the days of Memphis juke joints and funky New Orleans soul, Pittsburgh record hops and Manchester’s Twisted Wheel club.  You can lose your cool and cure your dance fever to the soulful sounds of GENO WASHINGTON and THE 5 ROYALES, hear vintage club tracks from RALPH “SOUL” JACKSON and ERMA FRANKLIN and party ‘til the wee hours with disco and modern soul sounds of EDDIE KENDRICKS and LARRY MCGEE.

We need you. And you need it too.

Come out, shake it down, and help show Juddy the Burgh’ hasn’t skipped a beat.

Tell us you’re comin’: RSVP here.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Do the ¡SOUNDCRASH BOOGALOO!

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SATURDAY, August 17th
2 sound systems enter and only 1 will leave…

TITLE TOWN SOUL & FUNK PARTY
VS.
PANDEMIC (GLOBAL SOUND SYSTEM)

SOUNDCRASH ¡BOOGALOO!

Can the old school soul take down the global glitch?

One night only! TITLE TOWN and PANDEMIC go head-to-head, beat for beat in an all-night “sound clash” style dance party of epic proportions.

TITLE TOWN’s Gordy G. packs quite a punch with his arsenal of rare groove Boogaloo, Funk, Soul, and Disco. While PANDEMIC Pete dishes out the Balkan Stompers, Eurotrash Ghettotech Chalga, and Tropixel Cumbias and Bassed out Bollywood.

Also, a very special guest will interrupt the night with a protest of sound to break up the battle. You may have seen them marching in a parade. Let’s just leave it at that.

at the BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Ave.)
Doors @ 9:30pm; $6
RSVP here.

TITLE TOWN temporarily moves to first Saturdays and August 3rd is a big one!

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TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party presents the Cultures of Soul Records Showcase
w/ DEANO SOUNDS & FREDDIE ROGERS (Boston, Mass.)
SATURDAY, August 3rd
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9:30pm – 2am; $5, 21+
RSVP

Spread the word! Due to scheduling conflicts, TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party temporarily moves to first Saturdays in August and September!

• SATURDAY, August 3rd w/ DEANO SOUNDS & FREDDIE ROGERS (Cultures of Soul Records, Boston, Mass.) – RSVP

• SATURDAY, September 7th w/ SPECIAL GUEST DJ JUSTIN HOPPER

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Now, get up out of your seat!

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party is stoked to welcome guest DJ DEANO SOUNDS – vinyl junkie and the man behind CULTURES OF SOUL – one our favorite new labels releasing new and reissued soul, funk, jazz, latin, salsa, afrobeat, and more from BOSTON! Travelling with DJ partner FREDDIE ROGERS, the duo will join TITLE TOWN in spinning a non-stop, shake-worthy all 45 DJ set while you party down to best sounds of RARE and CLASSIC Soul, Deep FUNK, R&B Shakers, DISCO and BOOGIE from the Cultures of Soul catalog and the TITLE TOWN crates!

*Arrive early to get your hands on prizes and giveaways courtesy of Cultures of Soul Records!

“Deano Sounds has been DJing and collecting vintage records for over a decade now. In 2008 he started DJing for Viva Radio and created his Cultures of Soul Radio Show which features eclectic vintage music for the dancefloor from across the globe. Soon after he started his own record label, Cultures of Soul Records and has since been releasing rare but danceable vintage records from all over the world. Receiving high praise from DJs and collectors alike including DJ Andy Smith, Gilles Peterson, Andy Williams, DJ Prestige, Oliver Wang, Andy Beta, Dimitri from Paris, DJ Soul Sister, DJ Day, James Pants, Cosmo Baker, and Mr. Scruff. Deano is the executive producer and compiler of all Cultures of Soul releases including the highly acclaimed Evans Pyramid album, Stanton Davis’ Brighter Days, and the World’s Funkiest Covers compilation series.

On the DJing, Deano has been a recurring guest at Boston’s premier soul night, Soulelujah and has started many rare soul and R&B nights at various nightspots in the Boston area. Deano has also DJed in Brooklyn and London multiple times. Deano also been invited to guest DJ on radio shows as varied as Galactic Fractures, A Downtown Affair, and Solar Radio. And he has opened for Lee Fields and the Expressions, Barrence Whitfield, 9th Wonder, and DJ Kon.”

Coming this fall, Deano Sounds and DJ Andy Smith have teamed up together to release Andy Smith’s Jam Up Twist US Edition – a killer compilation of R&B Rockers, Rockabilly, Northern Soul, and Sleazy Shakers much like you would find at Andy’s world renowned Jam Up Twist club night in the UK.

RSVP HERE!

http://www.titletownpgh.com/
http://www.culturesofsoul.com/

 

We’re shakin’. TITLE TOWN is back on Saturday, July 13th

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TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party
w/ local and national guest DJs
SATURDAY July 13th
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9:30pm – 2am; $3 before 10pm; $5 after

RSVP here for updates!

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party returns to our normal schedule on Saturday, July 13th at the Brillobox. Five hours of cool, wild and forgotten soul 45s played loud for the dance floor.  Doors and music start promptly at 9:30 p.m.

* FREE MIX CD THIS MONTH FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE *

Here’s a few of our favorite R&B tunes:

 
It all goes down at the Brillobox, Pittsburgh’s favorite neighborhood music venue, offering a full food menu, stiff drinks and a commitment and appreciation for quality music and events.

TITLE TOWN presents LIVING IN AMERICA: Soul, Funk, Disco and Hip Hop Grooves from the U.S.A.

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TITLE TOWN presents:
LIVING IN AMERICA: Soul, Funk, Disco and Hip Hop Grooves from the U.S.A.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3rd
BRILLOBOX (4104 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh)
9:30pm – 2am; $5

Celebrate your constitutional right to get down!

Before the cracking of beers and the BBQ commences, kick off the 4th of July weekend and get your dance (and drink) on at the Brillobox when TITLE TOWN presents LIVING IN AMERICA: Soul, Funk, Disco and Hip Hop grooves from the good ol’ U.S.A.

In 1950s to the ’70s, African-American musicians launched their careers in cities like Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. Tonight J.Malls and Gordy G. pack the crates with uptempo funk, disco-driven soul tunes, early hip-hop, summertime classics and more – from the places where the music was born.

We’re pretty sure you’ll break a sweat on the dance floor – cuz’ it’s gonna be hotter than July.

Only $5 at the door all night long. Early arrival is recommended.

Tell us you’re comin’ and spread the word. RSVP here.